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Eisenhower: “And the mere fact that a person may be minus a limb or one of his senses, or anything else, has nothing to do with it…”

On the recordMay 22, 1955
And the mere fact that a person may be minus a limb or one of his senses, or anything else, has nothing to do with it, any more than do the other differences among humans that we conclude should not be allowed to sway us in the government that is applied to all.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to the President's Committee on the Employment of the Physically Handicapped.

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